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do not let us have our heads turn from the port work before us. do not give others an excuse to be able to turn their eyes from this. let us not get bogged down in the small squabbles. let us get caught up in the big idea is. to do so would be a fitting tribute to ronald reagan, especially to night, as he would turned 99. [applause] no longer with us, his spirit lives on and his american dream and doors. he knew the best of our country is not just in washington, d.c. it is here in our communities where families live and children learn and children with special needs are welcomed into this world and embraced. [applause] and thank you for that. [applause] the best of america can be found in places where patriots are brave enough and free enough to be able to stand up and speak up and we are -- and where small businesses grow our economy 1 job at a time. we know that america is still that shiny city on a hill. i believe that god shed his grace on thee. we know our best days are yet to come. tea party nation, we know there is nothing wrong with americ
do not let us have our heads turn from the port work before us. do not give others an excuse to be able to turn their eyes from this. let us not get bogged down in the small squabbles. let us get caught up in the big idea is. to do so would be a fitting tribute to ronald reagan, especially to night, as he would turned 99. [applause] no longer with us, his spirit lives on and his american dream and doors. he knew the best of our country is not just in washington, d.c. it is here in our...
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it's the same gas you use in your stove. we are getting out of the ground less than $2 a unit jofment one problem with this technology is that all the solids in a land phil are still being wasted. >> a very interesting project, all of it goes into a large megawat of power. talking about technology called plaza art classification. i'm interviewing the president and chief education officer. >> a technology for taking waste materials and turning it no grass, a glass that comes out of a vol cane owe. the melters are basically, you take glass into this pool and dissolve the things you want to vitrfy. a lot of materials you want to vitrfy are made up of those harmless and harmful materials. what the depoys came up with, using a sort of a plasma zone where it was a very hot gas inside a contain that are could break apart the waste material no a component at toms. it's fundamentally a vitrification melter with as plaza so that the inoregon tick materials go into the deprs and the organic materials becomes gas. >> so basically this i
it's the same gas you use in your stove. we are getting out of the ground less than $2 a unit jofment one problem with this technology is that all the solids in a land phil are still being wasted. >> a very interesting project, all of it goes into a large megawat of power. talking about technology called plaza art classification. i'm interviewing the president and chief education officer. >> a technology for taking waste materials and turning it no grass, a glass that comes out of a...
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it just has to do with what tool they are using. just because you are not printed on a press doesn't mean you are not journalist. >> how can we as student journalists increase credibility against the major media outlets? as we are in a publication a lot of times student are in iran, palestine and say an event takes place and c tphfrblgts n reports it and a student has been there but reports something else but our report is kicked aside as a student publication, they don't know what they are talking about. >> i think that one of the big mistakes that powell u.s. media outlets made when the united states was gearing up to invade iraq and was on the ground in afghan was not -- afghanistan of not building greater partnerships with the media in those regions. the war on al-jazeera has been unbelievable. al-jazeera for the most part is a much more responsible news outlet than cnn is because they are showing all sides of the war. anyone who calls al-jazeera a terrorist organization or accused it of being linked to terrorism is an idiotic p
it just has to do with what tool they are using. just because you are not printed on a press doesn't mean you are not journalist. >> how can we as student journalists increase credibility against the major media outlets? as we are in a publication a lot of times student are in iran, palestine and say an event takes place and c tphfrblgts n reports it and a student has been there but reports something else but our report is kicked aside as a student publication, they don't know what they...
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anyone they used the stock market at the gate of the help of our economy needs to rethink. -- uses the stock market as a gauge of the help of our economy need to rethink. guest: it is great when the stock market goes up. it is better to have a go of and then down. if you try to calibrate the future of the economy based on movement in the stock market, you will be disappointed. it is an economic barometer. it is also a psychological our barometer. it tends to be moved by a motion. you get large declines. the new get substantial rebound. -- then you get substantial rebounds. in 2008, when the financial crisis was unfolded, the stock market was optimistic about the future. it was after september and the collapse of lehman brothers that the market really plunge. the market i would say is not agree forecast for the future. host: what are the best barometers? guest: i do nothing it did anything that you can liggett. it is difficult to predict the future -- you can look at. it is difficult to predict the future. back in the '60s, i remember economists felt they had all these economic models a
anyone they used the stock market at the gate of the help of our economy needs to rethink. -- uses the stock market as a gauge of the help of our economy need to rethink. guest: it is great when the stock market goes up. it is better to have a go of and then down. if you try to calibrate the future of the economy based on movement in the stock market, you will be disappointed. it is an economic barometer. it is also a psychological our barometer. it tends to be moved by a motion. you get large...
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when you can begin to pay us back, begin to pay us back. guest: if you will modify the loan, that is much better for the lending institution. he makes it perfectly reasonable to say yes. we're willing to accept less. we went through -- in our society, we go through some tough economic times. over the past 100 years, the u.s. economy has been more prosperous than any in the world. we're in a great recession. we are coming out of it. hopefully we're strengthening the job creation. host: a lot of negative news in a segment like this. there are some bright spots. what regions are doing poor and well right now? guest: the region's doing well, prices accelerating, are places like washington, d.c., houston market, boston. one commonality is that they have more jobs today than one year ago. that is a test for job creation. there is a high unemployment along the coast. that brought some strengthening in prices for people looking for bargain prices. in places like las vegas, there is still oversupply of the market. too much supply. one of the hardest
when you can begin to pay us back, begin to pay us back. guest: if you will modify the loan, that is much better for the lending institution. he makes it perfectly reasonable to say yes. we're willing to accept less. we went through -- in our society, we go through some tough economic times. over the past 100 years, the u.s. economy has been more prosperous than any in the world. we're in a great recession. we are coming out of it. hopefully we're strengthening the job creation. host: a lot of...
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president obama recently used the phrase that we are at war with terrorists. but unfortunately, his rhetoric does not match the action of his administration. the obama administration appears to have a blind spot when it comes to the war on terrorism, and because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them, fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on christmasÑi day. there is no other way to explain the irresponsible and dangerous decision on the interrogation. there's no other way to explain the inconceivable treatment of him as if he were a common criminal.
president obama recently used the phrase that we are at war with terrorists. but unfortunately, his rhetoric does not match the action of his administration. the obama administration appears to have a blind spot when it comes to the war on terrorism, and because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them, fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on christmasÑi day. there is no other way to explain the...
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it uses up things that could be used to fix entitlements. the savings don't go to medicare. they are spent elsewhere. we have to go back to people and ask them for more. i suspect they are going to be unwilling to do it. the real problem is the healthcare reform bill could be used for something else. you cannot have ultimately a sense of a budget reform without really addressing the healthcare inflation problem. the healthcare reform act is a down payment on that. we have $140 billion according to the latestests. you are going to get a more you are going to get a more sposs tiff it's not the entire answer, but it gets us part thereby broadening coverage, having a more responsive health care system, and ultimately starting to link -- look at inflation and what is called been in the cost curve. i think that is the right direction to start thinking about how we will get a handle on the budget. host: our next call is from loretta in cleveland, ohio. caller: i question for mr. biggs. my question is, what was the deficit when the last deficit projections was put in by president bu
it uses up things that could be used to fix entitlements. the savings don't go to medicare. they are spent elsewhere. we have to go back to people and ask them for more. i suspect they are going to be unwilling to do it. the real problem is the healthcare reform bill could be used for something else. you cannot have ultimately a sense of a budget reform without really addressing the healthcare inflation problem. the healthcare reform act is a down payment on that. we have $140 billion according...
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we provide for the necessary oversight in the use of these resources. the caribbean investment bank is prepared to provide a total and new commitments of $36 million. thank you. [applause] >> i thank the vice president of the caribbean development bank for his statement. i now give to the final speaker on my list, the most honorable representative of the head of government of telecom on haiti. >> secretary general, the prime minister belarive, secretary of state, a distinguished ladies and gentleman -- the earthquake of january 12 ranks as being one of the worst catastrophes to be full a single nation. -- to be paul single nation. the loss of life, the injuries, to structure -- destruction of the infrastructure, the demolition of public buildings, and its consequent damage to governance all combined to make a natural disaster one of the worst ever in recorded history. the initial response of the international community has been tremendous. as a representative of the caribbean community to which hd belongs, we want to say grateful thanks. our work has ju
we provide for the necessary oversight in the use of these resources. the caribbean investment bank is prepared to provide a total and new commitments of $36 million. thank you. [applause] >> i thank the vice president of the caribbean development bank for his statement. i now give to the final speaker on my list, the most honorable representative of the head of government of telecom on haiti. >> secretary general, the prime minister belarive, secretary of state, a distinguished...
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in summary, it is is for us. our chamberlain -- is 1948 for us. are chamberlain doesn't remember the seven years of war and 60 million dead. that is wishful thinking from 1938. thank you. >> bob, thank you very much. a sober and timing analysis. peter huessy on the strategic arms reduction treaty and related subjects. >> thank you, frank perdue is an honor to be here. this is peter desutter. medstar with the commonalities in 2001 and the -- >> let me start with the commonalities in 2001. they talked about reducing proliferation. the emphasis became reducing proliferation to terror masters , iran and north korea. the third commonality is consistent with stability and with deterrent needs. expanding production threat and clean up loose nuclear material in the civilian and in the military sector. preserve a nuclear triad, and we're not going to rule out going first and we're not going to deal out our weapons. the three npr's all have those themes. we had zero deployed nuclear forces. we are now approaching over 1000. president obama added 200 interce
in summary, it is is for us. our chamberlain -- is 1948 for us. are chamberlain doesn't remember the seven years of war and 60 million dead. that is wishful thinking from 1938. thank you. >> bob, thank you very much. a sober and timing analysis. peter huessy on the strategic arms reduction treaty and related subjects. >> thank you, frank perdue is an honor to be here. this is peter desutter. medstar with the commonalities in 2001 and the -- >> let me start with the...
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so the demands of that government or of us, whoever is responsible to pay for all this are enormous. on the bedside, iraqi oil is back up to 2.5 million barrels a day. that is not what it was before the war, and there are other companies in the bidding for it, but the questions like was come down to whether people from iran or even the kurds from turkey or others interested in the country will leave all that alone. so you have the costs that the congress is going to be asked to fund a very complex set of measures which are not all may clear right now, aside from the fact that people have still troops in the country, they will be on the borders. i understand where the kurds might come across from turkey just to keep the integrity of that situation going. in the background, for training exercises, if iran were to have a sudden moves into the territory, so there is expand -- expense there already for maintenance of those troops. they are also opposed to be out under the agreement president reached in 2011. there will be questions even then, is it too soon? what are the ambitions the u.s
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to us, that was a concern. our interest in being involved in this legislation was to reduce the cost for small employers. we feel like this bill as a number of tax increases on the business community that will offset the spending. i will run through two key points that a timely for small employers today. i will talk about what employers can look forward to on the road. their questions about grandfathered status. all of our policies are "grandfathered." what does that mean? and small employers make changes to their plans? and they increase their deductible? -- candice small employers make changes to their plans? can they increase their deductibles? we're looking forward to more guidance from them on this. we do know some specifics. we do know that for grandfathered plans, there will be changes. these will affect smaller employers and employees that have coverage today. they will begin eliminating pre- existing conditions in group plans for children under the age of 19. they go on to limit them for everyone in gr
to us, that was a concern. our interest in being involved in this legislation was to reduce the cost for small employers. we feel like this bill as a number of tax increases on the business community that will offset the spending. i will run through two key points that a timely for small employers today. i will talk about what employers can look forward to on the road. their questions about grandfathered status. all of our policies are "grandfathered." what does that mean? and small...
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i will use this as an occasion to issue a caution on one of the explanations. this is an explanation that the president gave reportedly again this morning which is that for every billion dollars of exports, you get $5,000. you hear a range of figures. some of the most distinguished of think tanks around washington will occasionally have their directors put forth numbers like this. [laughter] i will not name names. >> he did say distinguished. >> all good things. it is worth noting where this comes from. i think it was just this year that the commerce department led a group of enter agency economists, they were under enormous pressure because people want to know how many jobs this will get me. your initial response is that you will say that it is not about jobs, it is about what kind of jobs. we want the number of jobs so you value your job so what is the number? [laughter] you try to do something intellectually defensible and you say how many exports do we have as a country and you tallied the mob. how many jobs are plausibly related to those exports? you tally
i will use this as an occasion to issue a caution on one of the explanations. this is an explanation that the president gave reportedly again this morning which is that for every billion dollars of exports, you get $5,000. you hear a range of figures. some of the most distinguished of think tanks around washington will occasionally have their directors put forth numbers like this. [laughter] i will not name names. >> he did say distinguished. >> all good things. it is worth noting...
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it wasn't used that way. the obama administration expanded it and turned it in to sort of more of what i would characterize it as a political splush fund. and so it's more shed into something that was very different than what it was when many of us supported it in the first place. >> do you regret it, the original vote? >> you can always ask yourself if i knew then what i know now would i have voted differently. ostly i have grave misgivings about when it was misused. but when somebody says the economy is in a meltdown, these are all the experts both sides of the ilse democrats and republicans, that was a very compelling argument at the time and there was a lot of fear that if we didn't take steps it could have been zastruss for the country. so in light of imminent financial meltdown, it was i felt at the time the right vote to make. >> a couple minutes left. >> if you were to have a check list of questions that you would ask yourself, e personal questions, political questions, what would they be? >> i think
it wasn't used that way. the obama administration expanded it and turned it in to sort of more of what i would characterize it as a political splush fund. and so it's more shed into something that was very different than what it was when many of us supported it in the first place. >> do you regret it, the original vote? >> you can always ask yourself if i knew then what i know now would i have voted differently. ostly i have grave misgivings about when it was misused. but when...
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can you tell us about that? >> has grant administrator, we would be required to administer grant to the city of new york if that comes about, but as i understand, there are other things, so i would refer back to your he moved grants were to be administered for any trial -- if ghraib were to be administered for in a trial. >> -- if grants were to be administered for in a trial. >> vice-president joe biden announced loans were being forgiven and said, do not worry, but there are a couple of places the group because people were displaced into those parishes, but they have great needs, and they may not qualify, and i did not know if there are ways to look -- at the same way you talk about greater arbitration -- is there a way to look more holistic play and those situations and not be very legalistic about, you did not have an operating budget so you can be forgiven? >> we are going to work within the law. we try to find ways to work with the community. i think everyone would agree on what the intentions are, but we
can you tell us about that? >> has grant administrator, we would be required to administer grant to the city of new york if that comes about, but as i understand, there are other things, so i would refer back to your he moved grants were to be administered for any trial -- if ghraib were to be administered for in a trial. >> -- if grants were to be administered for in a trial. >> vice-president joe biden announced loans were being forgiven and said, do not worry, but there are...
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it used to be part of cbs. it was called cbs market watch, and cbs sold its stake to dow jones and we were bought -- part of news corp. when rupert murdoch bought -- host: you are bought -- now part of the dow jones/wall street journal group. california, very, independent. caller: the question i have is, are they doing any studies on the length and which people have been unemployed? it seems to me my perception is this, the figures are two dimensional and lack a third element. we have people, never in their lifetime, are being unemployment for a longer length of time and i am just wondering, do any of the numbers take into play the corrosive effects it can have on society in which you have huge amounts of really skilled, talented people? guest: that is right, we have been talking all morning about the statistics, a record number of people unemployed for more than six months. a real good story in "the wall street journal" on this topic this morning. it is getting attention from policy makers. host: for logger th
it used to be part of cbs. it was called cbs market watch, and cbs sold its stake to dow jones and we were bought -- part of news corp. when rupert murdoch bought -- host: you are bought -- now part of the dow jones/wall street journal group. california, very, independent. caller: the question i have is, are they doing any studies on the length and which people have been unemployed? it seems to me my perception is this, the figures are two dimensional and lack a third element. we have people,...
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joining us this week is michael mundaca, assistant treasury secretary for tax policy. here to question him is kim dixon from reuters and martin vaughn from dow jones. >> michael, i want to start out by asking you about the proposals that the president put forward, the tax proposals to stimulate the economy. one of those was that he wanted to allow businesses to immediately write off 100% of their newly commit purchases in 2011, the aim being to free up cash to invest higher. what we're leading -- what we're hearing is that cash is not the problem. the issue right now is that folks are worried about the economy neck getting better, continuing continuing to stagnate or getting worse. in that light, how much good can you do by simply offering people a tax cuts if they are just worried about the economy not getting better? >> that is a good question. i think we need to put this in context. these are one not -- these are not one-of proposals. -- these are not one-off proposals. proposals. there has been made to states. these proposals now, these targeted proposals with resp
joining us this week is michael mundaca, assistant treasury secretary for tax policy. here to question him is kim dixon from reuters and martin vaughn from dow jones. >> michael, i want to start out by asking you about the proposals that the president put forward, the tax proposals to stimulate the economy. one of those was that he wanted to allow businesses to immediately write off 100% of their newly commit purchases in 2011, the aim being to free up cash to invest higher. what we're...
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he is unable to be with us today. i would like to extend a particular welcome to those who are viewing today's meeting on c-span, welcome those who ra attending here in person. as is usual, the urge format after this meeting is over in one hour we will adjourn to a reception in an adjacent room. today's topic could not be more topcal. counter terrorism in the obama administration, tactics and strategy. and our speaker could not be more authority tative. he is ambassador daniel benjamin, the state department's coordinator. it's a position he has held since may of last year. prior to his appointment as the state department's counter terrorism coordinator, dan benjamin was a -- served as a senior fellow and a research director both at brookings institution and the center for strategic and international studies. prior to that during the clinton administration, he was a foreign policy speech writer for several years and then went on to become a director in the office of transnational threats on the national security counci
he is unable to be with us today. i would like to extend a particular welcome to those who are viewing today's meeting on c-span, welcome those who ra attending here in person. as is usual, the urge format after this meeting is over in one hour we will adjourn to a reception in an adjacent room. today's topic could not be more topcal. counter terrorism in the obama administration, tactics and strategy. and our speaker could not be more authority tative. he is ambassador daniel benjamin, the...
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they take us and drop us off, pick us up. >> what is going on -- there seems to be a pretty robust operation. what happens in the facilities? >> they have everything. they have the chow hall, the tents set up, tools and everything. the set up, the cleanup. it has been a good operation, i think since i have been here. it really has. >> do you think the government and bp are doing enough to clean the oil? >> i think they are doing everything they can in their power. it is a big disaster. they are doing what they can do. i feel they are. i know people do not believe they are. but it is a process of elimination. you do what you can do. my sons and i came down here in a camper and we had our camper said about at a campground. we are fortunate. we don't have to stay in a tent city which has been set up for the workers. >> we go now to tell about work that alex is talking about the latest in the gulf oil response. this is live coverage of c-span. >> the battle will begin his overall review. i'll turn it over to the admiral. >> thank you. can you hear me ok? good to go? thank you. it is great to be
they take us and drop us off, pick us up. >> what is going on -- there seems to be a pretty robust operation. what happens in the facilities? >> they have everything. they have the chow hall, the tents set up, tools and everything. the set up, the cleanup. it has been a good operation, i think since i have been here. it really has. >> do you think the government and bp are doing enough to clean the oil? >> i think they are doing everything they can in their power. it is...
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it may never be used. accordingly, all states have a duty to each other to cooperate together to stamp it out so that know beforehand that they will be found and prosecuted for their war crimes. u.s. and u.k. forces cannot turn a blind eye on the basis it was not there soldiers during the torturing. that is what happened and is revealed in these logs. both states have obligations to take definite and clear action to stop the torture by the iraqis. that did not make them complicity. a second case 6 accountability for the u.k. failure to act in these circumstances. the third area concerns the huge and growing body of evidence about killings, it would treat, and torture of iraqis while in u.k. custody. there appear to be many cases where iraqis died in u.k. custody were certified adying of natural causes. none of these have been investigated. many of these iraqis were abused and we do not accept the explanation that each and every one of these deaths has an innocent explanation. additionally, there are hundre
it may never be used. accordingly, all states have a duty to each other to cooperate together to stamp it out so that know beforehand that they will be found and prosecuted for their war crimes. u.s. and u.k. forces cannot turn a blind eye on the basis it was not there soldiers during the torturing. that is what happened and is revealed in these logs. both states have obligations to take definite and clear action to stop the torture by the iraqis. that did not make them complicity. a second...
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please join our facebook there and reeve us -- leave us your comments as well. i enjoyed the conversation and dialogue we had. let's work together to put america back on track. ppamerica has played second pla to no one. we can invest in our greaaestt asset, our work force, and we can do it together. ms. wasserman schultz -- ms. wasserman schultz: we invite our colleague on the other sidd of the aisle to join us to create jobs and restoring the prosperity americans have enjoyed for our entire history. with that, mr. speaker, we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. . of january 6, 2009,, the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa mr. king. mr. king: i look at the data and looked at the poster, here is the economy as we know it and a very short snapshoo and billions of chain dollars. i never discussed an economy within chain dollars. i have not discussed it ithin trends that are compressed down within the few quarters that is presented in this graph within the floor of the house. here's what i would prese
please join our facebook there and reeve us -- leave us your comments as well. i enjoyed the conversation and dialogue we had. let's work together to put america back on track. ppamerica has played second pla to no one. we can invest in our greaaestt asset, our work force, and we can do it together. ms. wasserman schultz -- ms. wasserman schultz: we invite our colleague on the other sidd of the aisle to join us to create jobs and restoring the prosperity americans have enjoyed for our entire...
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thank you for joining us. while this hearing is about too big to fail i would like to go back to the broader issue of the crisis if i might. would you describe for us the role that the federal reserve place in monitoring or managing credit standards in our country? >> as i mentioned earlier, the federal reserve has had a role in consumer protection, so we have created rules for example on requiring documentation, escrow accounts and other standards of underwriting that apply to mortgages. the other main area i can think of is like other bank regulators we want to make sure banks -- is their decision what risks to take and what loans to make, that they are adequately capitalized to deal with any losses that might occur. so we are pressing on the one hand for stronger sensitive capital standards to tie the amount of capital banks have to hold to the risk of the loans that they make and therefore if they make a riskier loans they need to hold more capital and judge for themselves if it makes sense to do that and
thank you for joining us. while this hearing is about too big to fail i would like to go back to the broader issue of the crisis if i might. would you describe for us the role that the federal reserve place in monitoring or managing credit standards in our country? >> as i mentioned earlier, the federal reserve has had a role in consumer protection, so we have created rules for example on requiring documentation, escrow accounts and other standards of underwriting that apply to mortgages....
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can use the reconcile that? >> yes, if you look at the bottom of table s-4, on page 152, is this memorandum of funding for appropriated programs not security. we are actually below the amount in 2011. then you continue the freeze in 2012 and 2013. there has been some misconception on this. what is clear from that table is that you see in 2009 a bomb but up in spending in that category the bush -- there is a bump up in spending in that category because of the recovery act. as you can see, our freeze is not often that higher base. instead, it is of of the base in 2010, which excludes the recovery act. the the argument that was raised prices before putting seven on sale is misleading. we're going off of a base that excludes that bump up. >> [inaudible] what would you sent to federal employees who were slated to get an increase, butñr significantly lower than previous years/r and also the budget costs for hiring several hundred thousand urg workers are the mixed few years? >> first, federal employees will get a 1.4
can use the reconcile that? >> yes, if you look at the bottom of table s-4, on page 152, is this memorandum of funding for appropriated programs not security. we are actually below the amount in 2011. then you continue the freeze in 2012 and 2013. there has been some misconception on this. what is clear from that table is that you see in 2009 a bomb but up in spending in that category the bush -- there is a bump up in spending in that category because of the recovery act. as you can see,...
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they did not give us the clarity we needed to know who the individual was there were using. we need to make sure this never happens again. host: that from john brennan on a sunday morning programs. on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that would include john brennan, homeland security secretary and other members of his homeland security team. what questions do think he will be asking? what questions did john brennan not answer today? >> the first step is to get preliminary findings. there is no reporting out there right now about what the evaluation is. the next step is going to be what are the recommendations for fixing this? what we have to do to correct this system of people accountable within the administration? as far as john browning, i would go back to the one question that he did not answer that i think would be to the satisfaction of everyone. it was a why not label him an enemy combat? i think there would be dissatisfaction with some of his answers. for instance, about the idea of we might still send people to get in from -- yemen from guantanamo. host: the
they did not give us the clarity we needed to know who the individual was there were using. we need to make sure this never happens again. host: that from john brennan on a sunday morning programs. on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that would include john brennan, homeland security secretary and other members of his homeland security team. what questions do think he will be asking? what questions did john brennan not answer today? >> the first step is to get preliminary...
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using c-span video. i want them to look at the continent and say what elements make the most sense for telling the compelling story. >> for all of the rules, go to studentcam.org. >> you are what seem c-span. every morning it is "washington ," connecting q with interviews. of the weekend, you can see our interview program. you can also what our program any time at c-span.org. it is washington your way. >> yesterday, the house passed a spending bill to fund the federal government their next year. it is less than the president's request. here is the debate pitta it is over an hour. mr. obey: i call up the bill h.r. 3082 with senate amendments thereto and have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill, designate the senate the clerk: h.r. 3082, an act making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans' affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. senate amendment. mr. obey of wisc
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you can also connect with us on the twister, facebook, and youtube. you can sign up for our e-mails at c-span.org. >> the ambassador to afghanistan talked about training and new leaders. following that, he took questions from the audience. >> the floor is open. >> yes, please. sir. >> i am jim byrne. i am is a free-lance writer here in town. "the new york times" today, which i am sure the investor has am sure the ambassador has taken a labatt -- a look out, laid out several things we have done wrong in dealing with afghanistan. how does that strike you when you read stuff like that? is it just plain wrong, or is it emphasized wrong? >> these are politically motivated articles. if you read the article, you will see that the majority of afghans and the u.s. citizens consider their to be political instability there. there is no evidence, except for political motivation, there is nothing else we can do. in a kandahar, there is the strong presence of military from many countries. if there was evidence of wrongdoing, they would have come forward with it. fo
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. >> thank you for being with us. book is usedky's as a blueprint for bringing about change. >> nicholas von hoffman spent 10 years working for him and writes about his experiences in "radical, a portrait of salt alinsky."l there was an hour-long debate tuesday. political analyst john keller the question of the candidates about the state's budget, health care system, and schools. this is 55 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the first televised debate between the four candidates for governor of massachusetts. let's meet the candidates and get our debate started. they are republican nominee charlie baker, former ceo of harvard pilgrim health care. the democratic nominee is the incumbent. then kent k. hill and green party jill stein. thank you for being here. there are no opening or closing statements tonight. we have just questions from me and from voters. each candidate gets up to one minute to respond to each question and then we will open it up for free and open debate. let's begin. mr. baker, your name comes f
. >> thank you for being with us. book is usedky's as a blueprint for bringing about change. >> nicholas von hoffman spent 10 years working for him and writes about his experiences in "radical, a portrait of salt alinsky."l there was an hour-long debate tuesday. political analyst john keller the question of the candidates about the state's budget, health care system, and schools. this is 55 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the first televised debate between...
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we had some cases that did not give us the clarity to know who it was. what we need is to make sure it never happens again. >> that's john brennan on the sunday morning program. and tim, on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that will include mr. brennan, the national security team and homeland security team. what questions do you think he will ask and what questions was john brennan not able to answer today? >> if you look at how the president wants there to work in his own internal reviews. preliminary findings, and he's got those. no reporting of what his evaluation is. but the next step is what are the recommendations to fix this, what do we need to do to correct the system or hold people accountable in the administration. as far as brennan, i would go back to the one question that was not answered in the way, why not enemy combatant. otherwise he answer every question. i think there will be something about the answers, like the idea that we may still send people to yemen from guantanamo, and that's a different question. >> pam, another issue
we had some cases that did not give us the clarity to know who it was. what we need is to make sure it never happens again. >> that's john brennan on the sunday morning program. and tim, on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that will include mr. brennan, the national security team and homeland security team. what questions do you think he will ask and what questions was john brennan not able to answer today? >> if you look at how the president wants there to work in his own...
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and questioning, thank you for being with us. senator let me begin with some of the comments you made of the past week critical of the obama administration when it came to the big issues, immigration, health care, the jobs package. saying that this administration is trying to do too much too soon. what did you mean? >> well, for -- president eisenhower said a long time ago in 1952, i shall go to korea. a and the country said, ok. he said i shall focus my attention on it until i'm done and he ended the war in careera and the country had confidence in him. presidential leadership should only be reserved for a handful of presidential issues. number one is jobs, two is debt, three is the war on terror. and if he can focus on those three and not do much more except if he had to, such as with the gull oil spill, i think the country would be better off and appreciate that leadership more. >> let me ask you about one followup issue, financial regulation. now that it's about to go to conference, is that not an issue that requires presiden
and questioning, thank you for being with us. senator let me begin with some of the comments you made of the past week critical of the obama administration when it came to the big issues, immigration, health care, the jobs package. saying that this administration is trying to do too much too soon. what did you mean? >> well, for -- president eisenhower said a long time ago in 1952, i shall go to korea. a and the country said, ok. he said i shall focus my attention on it until i'm done and...
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the idea being that the japanese might use chemical weapons against us in the south pacific or we might have to use them against the japanese, and there is no understanding of what would be like in dutch arbuckle environment. we have control of these islands. we will test weapons there. not all of them went off. there are to this day and accounted for a number of chemical weapons sitting on a few islands off the coast of panama. the u.s. has offered in addition to the kind of bear minimum cleanup that it did after it pulled out of luck canal zone in 1999 we have offered a miner's son of money i think a couple of million dollars to help them clean up these facilities but our position has been what are you asking for you want to go in and clean up unpopulated islet and destroy to get to these weapons you will clean them up and then the result will actually be worse as a few -- as opposed to leaving them alone to our response has been a deal with it, and here is some hush money. compare that with our efforts -- our cleanup efforts in canada. as i mentioned a couple of relatively minor smal
the idea being that the japanese might use chemical weapons against us in the south pacific or we might have to use them against the japanese, and there is no understanding of what would be like in dutch arbuckle environment. we have control of these islands. we will test weapons there. not all of them went off. there are to this day and accounted for a number of chemical weapons sitting on a few islands off the coast of panama. the u.s. has offered in addition to the kind of bear minimum...
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, that many of us to value highly. the reality, the debt we incur right now is not a burden on our children. it is coming at the expense of great from employment. in fact, there's no reason why the federal reserve cannot buy the debt, as it is doing, and hold it indefinitely. that means each year, you have the federal reserve board all of the debt, getting interest from the treasury, at the end of the year, it pays it back. they pay back $77 billion last year. there is no reason why we cannot do that when we have to worry about inflation becoming a problem, hopefully not too far in the future. if we need a precedent for this, japan's central bank opened amounts of debt equal to its gdp. that would be about $16 trillion in the united states. they don't have a problem with inflation. >> i think washington makes its best decisions when there is a crisis. we are about to create 1. my senses when we get there, we will see deficit reduction of some sort, whether it is a trigger that was somewhat proposed in the whole simpson
, that many of us to value highly. the reality, the debt we incur right now is not a burden on our children. it is coming at the expense of great from employment. in fact, there's no reason why the federal reserve cannot buy the debt, as it is doing, and hold it indefinitely. that means each year, you have the federal reserve board all of the debt, getting interest from the treasury, at the end of the year, it pays it back. they pay back $77 billion last year. there is no reason why we cannot...
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we used to call it the iran lybia sanctions act. we applied it against lybia and it worked and lybia has given up its nuclear program. but since the late 1990s, three presidents have had it as policy to violate american law in order to protect tehran's business partners. this makes a mockry of everything that we do in our foreign aid programs to try to encourage democracy and the rule of law, because in the critical foreign policy area we have explicit continuous notorioius violation of law. but not only should the administration follow the law because it's the law, which strikes me as good constitutional practice, but the fact is that we should sanction those companies that are investing in iran's oil sector. if we had followed the law since the late 1990s, the accumulated effect of this might well have put the iranian government in a position where it had to deal with regard to its nuclear program. at this point, i think that the best sanctions, because now we have a very short amount of time, would be to get russia and china obbo
we used to call it the iran lybia sanctions act. we applied it against lybia and it worked and lybia has given up its nuclear program. but since the late 1990s, three presidents have had it as policy to violate american law in order to protect tehran's business partners. this makes a mockry of everything that we do in our foreign aid programs to try to encourage democracy and the rule of law, because in the critical foreign policy area we have explicit continuous notorioius violation of law....
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they want to help us but they do not want us to win, either. it is tying down american resources and restricting american influence and using themselves as a potential mediator. that is part of the strategy. >> thank you. >> we are looking at the release of the ncr tomorrow. i want to ask how that fits in with this. india and pakistan will both be participating in the summer at. a and -- participating in the summit. i wonder how the recent comments and afghanistan will factor into the meetings and prague and the discussions in terms of what to expect. >> i will start on the npr. the long awaited nuclear posture review. what this has done in the past is set out the role of nuclear weapons in u.s. national security strategy. it is no coincidence that the bush administration's nuclear posture review basically said that we have 2000 warheads and that is what you saw in the treaty. the nuclear posture review this time around will talk about whether the primary uses of nuclear weapons, what are the levels we can live with, i do not think there is goi
they want to help us but they do not want us to win, either. it is tying down american resources and restricting american influence and using themselves as a potential mediator. that is part of the strategy. >> thank you. >> we are looking at the release of the ncr tomorrow. i want to ask how that fits in with this. india and pakistan will both be participating in the summer at. a and -- participating in the summit. i wonder how the recent comments and afghanistan will factor into...
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if anyone has ever used a web based email like yahoo!, you have used cloud computing, because you have been storing your e-mail of in a data center. >> here you are talking about these issues. >> this is an important partçóçf the future of technology.
if anyone has ever used a web based email like yahoo!, you have used cloud computing, because you have been storing your e-mail of in a data center. >> here you are talking about these issues. >> this is an important partçóçf the future of technology.
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>> joining us is congressman brad sherman. thank you for being with us. we appreciated. we have to reporters here to help us with questions. -- we have to reporters here to help us with questions. -- wheat two -- we have two reporters here to79g÷ help us wh questions. >> we're wondering if a couple things that happen -- benjamin netanyahu deciding not to show up and sent his deputy and alsoiran showing off its latest -- and sending his deputy and also iran showing off its latest development. is that going to cast a pall on the conference? does it focus people on the need to do something? but the main focus of the conference is going to be on matters -- >> the main focus of the conference is going to be matters not usually focused on at this level. what will come out of the conference is an accelerated plan to make sure that all of the, especially the medical nuclear materials around the world, which are small in quantity, but highly-enriched, are properly cared for. . you had a steady drumbeat these past few weeks. there was the nuclear posture review. what do you want
>> joining us is congressman brad sherman. thank you for being with us. we appreciated. we have to reporters here to help us with questions. -- we have to reporters here to help us with questions. -- wheat two -- we have two reporters here to79g÷ help us wh questions. >> we're wondering if a couple things that happen -- benjamin netanyahu deciding not to show up and sent his deputy and alsoiran showing off its latest -- and sending his deputy and also iran showing off its latest...
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and the bottom line for us, it's not us. we're a vibrant company. we're in an important market. and we're looking at a huge expansion. so all of that being said, we said yes to youngstown. why did we say yes? really two main reasons. the first one is it sounds simple. but it's true. it's our people. the operations, the maintenance, and the technical skills that we have in our work force combined with the existing operations and the facilities that we have a youngstown really give us a center of competency in pipe making. it's one that we are proud of and very importantly, it's one that we are confident in to deliver a project like this. the second point is the proximity to the marketplace. so i think you've all heard about the emerging natural gas opportunities in the marcela shale region in the united states. if you combine those two, the work force and the emerging marketplace, we really have a speed to market that's in a very appealing opportunity for us. so all of that being said, it's not that we didn't have issues in locating in youngstown. first and foremost, our site cro
and the bottom line for us, it's not us. we're a vibrant company. we're in an important market. and we're looking at a huge expansion. so all of that being said, we said yes to youngstown. why did we say yes? really two main reasons. the first one is it sounds simple. but it's true. it's our people. the operations, the maintenance, and the technical skills that we have in our work force combined with the existing operations and the facilities that we have a youngstown really give us a center of...
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they chose not to listen to us. hud chose not to listen to us. that has to be another component of any assessment of the gse's. when folks working on the ground give -- advocate for different positions with the various regulators, how those various positions are considered by the regulators. >> thank you. [applause] >> i thank the panel which that they brought some of the discussion down to earth. thank you all for providing your own from a reference. everybody takes their own from records and their experience and their knowledge and we have to be very careful that we do not become sophisticated and abstract in communicating to the public. i have often said that the housing issue, generally, has been depicted in such boring ways that they have not gotten the press they deserve for the basic prerequisite of a decent livelihood. it is not quite as exciting as contaminated food for example. we talked about detention of fannie mae and freddie mac between shareholder value obligations on the one hand and their public mission on the other. i don't thin
they chose not to listen to us. hud chose not to listen to us. that has to be another component of any assessment of the gse's. when folks working on the ground give -- advocate for different positions with the various regulators, how those various positions are considered by the regulators. >> thank you. [applause] >> i thank the panel which that they brought some of the discussion down to earth. thank you all for providing your own from a reference. everybody takes their own from...
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it is something that we actively use. there was one plan developed in iraq -- i am not sure when they started, but i w there by the later stages -- and it is also being used in a more pro-active way as we contemplate potential future crises. we're trying to bring together people to think through them and hold government, approach, identify, everything from strategy to resources and so forth. i think the planning phase has come a long way. what has not come with it as fully as we have been discussing is the resourced ching to fully enabled the civilian plant. >> unfortunately, we have come to the end. let me say again what an honor it is to haveuch great publi servants here and how much we especial appreciate michele for taking so much time out of her incredible schedule. thank you. [applause] i forgot one thing. , admiral mike a mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will be here. . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] we don't have al
it is something that we actively use. there was one plan developed in iraq -- i am not sure when they started, but i w there by the later stages -- and it is also being used in a more pro-active way as we contemplate potential future crises. we're trying to bring together people to think through them and hold government, approach, identify, everything from strategy to resources and so forth. i think the planning phase has come a long way. what has not come with it as fully as we have been...
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help us out here? guest: i couldn't possibly give you an answer on that. i just don't know. it does seem that large corporations are being very cautious right now with their money. almost all the players in the economy are being very cautious with their money. and i think we're going to have to see, you know, an improvement in the underlying dynamics of the economy to give people the confidence to start taking more risks. on the plus side, the recent g.d.p. data has shown that, you know, investments and nonresidential structures and in equipment and software has jumped quite a lot. one of the patterns seems to be at the at the moment that companies are much more willing to invest in capital than they are in labor. that's not terribly unusual. that happened in a couple of recoveries as well. we'll have to see. this is a slow, painful recovery. host: a couple more figures just released. the underemployment rate was the same as in june, 16.5%. that includes those working part-time who would prefer full-ti
help us out here? guest: i couldn't possibly give you an answer on that. i just don't know. it does seem that large corporations are being very cautious right now with their money. almost all the players in the economy are being very cautious with their money. and i think we're going to have to see, you know, an improvement in the underlying dynamics of the economy to give people the confidence to start taking more risks. on the plus side, the recent g.d.p. data has shown that, you know,...
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and by we, i mean ll of us. -- all of us. not jsut me. -- just me. you are among the leaders in your communities. you really are. people will listen to you about the proper role of the judiciary as long as you speak out clearly and firmly and use the channels that your listeners use. your voices need to be heard. so regardless of how we select our judges, i think maybe all of us can agree that an independent judiciary is critical for all of our citizens since -- citizens. we need one safe place. that one place historically has been the court rooms. let's not sacrifice that. you have to help us and speak out. we can still have one safe place in our system for an independent, qualified judiciary. thank you fell much for being here today and i hope you maintain your interest in this subject. we will be spokespeople in the future for what we need to do. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, justice o'connor. we are now going to adjourn. lunch will be in room 12 where the program continuation will be. we invite you to join us for lunch. thank you
and by we, i mean ll of us. -- all of us. not jsut me. -- just me. you are among the leaders in your communities. you really are. people will listen to you about the proper role of the judiciary as long as you speak out clearly and firmly and use the channels that your listeners use. your voices need to be heard. so regardless of how we select our judges, i think maybe all of us can agree that an independent judiciary is critical for all of our citizens since -- citizens. we need one safe...
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guest: -- host: justin hyde is with us. for those lawmakers who committed this money, had the scene this whole process as far as the the actions by the previous administration and this one? did they see that as a good thing? host: -- guest: there are some questions about how the money was spent. there is some concern about capitol hill. there have been some republicans to have been critical about some of the actions here recently. within the midwestern states, there is a general sense that it was necessary and successful endeavor. i think there are still a lot of questions about how it was done. if these companies will be able to pay back the money they have been lent. it projections hold, it will lose about $20 billion of the $80 billion that it spent on the auto industry. that number is dependent upon the economy. host: the first call is from baltimore, maryland. caller: i am truly independent. i want to thank him for his facts bridge i appreciate the knowledge. this goes against the two senators names that you called the
guest: -- host: justin hyde is with us. for those lawmakers who committed this money, had the scene this whole process as far as the the actions by the previous administration and this one? did they see that as a good thing? host: -- guest: there are some questions about how the money was spent. there is some concern about capitol hill. there have been some republicans to have been critical about some of the actions here recently. within the midwestern states, there is a general sense that it...
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just tell us what we are getting. what is the price going to be? so we do not have to spend a half-hour or hour shopping around on a website. as i see it, as he said, the first airline that comes out there and does this and shows a 30% increase over the cost in comparison to other airlines, they are not going to do it voluntarily, and they are not going to do it in a uniform manner that consumers can easily understand unless they are required to do it. would you disagree with that? >> i would agree with that 100%. i am going to file with the dot, on behalf of a major corporation whose travel manager came last month with a family friend and took a flight from boston to l.a. the surprise at the airport on baggage fees increased their total trip costs by 20%. he went back to belgium and looked through the gds to find any mention whatsoever of these fees, went back to the travel management company, and there was no mention anywhere, and this is a professional corporate travel manager. if it can happen to him, what does that portend for the average cons
just tell us what we are getting. what is the price going to be? so we do not have to spend a half-hour or hour shopping around on a website. as i see it, as he said, the first airline that comes out there and does this and shows a 30% increase over the cost in comparison to other airlines, they are not going to do it voluntarily, and they are not going to do it in a uniform manner that consumers can easily understand unless they are required to do it. would you disagree with that? >> i...
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and colon will be joining us -- collin will be joining us. and he will be talking about efforts in iraq and negotiators in the middle east as secretary of state hillary clinton travels to the region this week. thanks for being with us on this sunday. enjoy the rest of your weekend. hope you have a great week ahead. . . investing. they haveotkyçz -- what we're trying to do, have the investment into a more o carrierringr >> the first order of business when they woman back next week. we hope it gets done quickly. then they have to think about what to do on the bush tax cuts. we understand that. hopefully we'll have some agreement on both of those issues, move swiftly. then they can turn to the president's proposals just made this week. but those proposals weren't made with a specific timeframe or calendar in mind. they're good policy, good proposals. if congress can't get to them in the next few weeks, they are still going to be good policy when congress returns. >> could i pick up on that, speaking of the tax cuts, that is one of the big tax
and colon will be joining us -- collin will be joining us. and he will be talking about efforts in iraq and negotiators in the middle east as secretary of state hillary clinton travels to the region this week. thanks for being with us on this sunday. enjoy the rest of your weekend. hope you have a great week ahead. . . investing. they haveotkyçz -- what we're trying to do, have the investment into a more o carrierringr >> the first order of business when they woman back next week. we...
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that has a lot nor do with us in this room than with the technology we're using. are we all just talking to ourselves face-to-face as well. that's my point. >> i think that is a very, very important point. i've read thousands and thousands of threads between buyers and sellers and looked at the language used. report-building. that human connection. wheen people have a conflict, you don't spend that time making that human connection. the first message from the buyer to the serial is you liar, where is my item? if you were to meet this stranger face-to-face, would you ever say that to them? you would say hi, i'm so and so. i was your buyer. nice day. there are certain things we do face-to-maste face to establish those human -- face-to-face to establish those human connections. they are talking about shared interests. it could be a community of science or sports people. facebook has billions of those groups. if you're only looking for threads that talk about political issues or am incident jad, -- mahmoud ahmadinejad for example, that is one of the problems about med
that has a lot nor do with us in this room than with the technology we're using. are we all just talking to ourselves face-to-face as well. that's my point. >> i think that is a very, very important point. i've read thousands and thousands of threads between buyers and sellers and looked at the language used. report-building. that human connection. wheen people have a conflict, you don't spend that time making that human connection. the first message from the buyer to the serial is you...
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internet use has exploded, as has cell phone use. i think our policy of allowing the private sector to develop it under rules and regulations developed by the fcc, they are open and transparent. as word very, very well. this concept of net neutrality is a little bit of a misnomer. what it means in practice, if the fcc were to implement, is that the federal government could regulate the internet. i don't think that caller wants the internet regulated by the sec, and i know the new republican majority on the house side does not want the internet regulated by the fcc. so we have a policy that is working very well. in the old colloquial phrase of ain't broke, don't fix it. >> do you think there needs to be any legislation to clarify their authority? should have some rules in overseeing what broadband do?viders t >> that is a rephrasing of the question we have already had several times. the sec tried to stipulate that it could regulate and could command a private company, i believe it was comcast, and tell them how to manage their network
internet use has exploded, as has cell phone use. i think our policy of allowing the private sector to develop it under rules and regulations developed by the fcc, they are open and transparent. as word very, very well. this concept of net neutrality is a little bit of a misnomer. what it means in practice, if the fcc were to implement, is that the federal government could regulate the internet. i don't think that caller wants the internet regulated by the sec, and i know the new republican...
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us. and i'm afraid that's what we now have in the middle east with the frustrated youth and in some countries with inadequate leadership in terms of bringing the resources of those countries together, as i know in my period of the world bank, this is something that needs to be worked through whether or not there is an israel issue it is a serious issue anyway. and as i said, the split within the arab community, the suni-shia split has within it, i think, also seeds of some difficulty. so i hope very much that my successes and all the people that are training at brookings will come up with much better ideas than my generation had and that this thing can be resolved, and that there will be an arab leadership that is far-seeing and that can bring about a greater balance. >> thank you, jim. we have about 10 minutes or so for some questions. if you have a question, there's a gentleman right over there, please identify yourself and wait for the microphone. >> thank you very much for your remark
us. and i'm afraid that's what we now have in the middle east with the frustrated youth and in some countries with inadequate leadership in terms of bringing the resources of those countries together, as i know in my period of the world bank, this is something that needs to be worked through whether or not there is an israel issue it is a serious issue anyway. and as i said, the split within the arab community, the suni-shia split has within it, i think, also seeds of some difficulty. so i hope...
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hosting us. we truly appreciate this opportunity to share more details with us for the president's plan for nasa and the path forward in it before i go farther, i want to take an opportunity to publicly acknowledge a group of people that i think sometimes do not get think enough. over the last few days, depending on how you read what you have read, some people have been bashed a little bit over the last few days. those are the people who work in consolation for the past few years. i call most of them friends. i consider them a member of the family. i want to take this opportunity to thank them for their years of dedicated effort. they are not a hobby shoppers as some of you in the media have called them occasionally in the past few days. they are really dedicated civil servants and contractors who have committed their lives and they have been focused on a dream of aggressive and gold exploration. yesterday, we unveiled president barack obama's historic budget launch mass on an ambitious effort to
hosting us. we truly appreciate this opportunity to share more details with us for the president's plan for nasa and the path forward in it before i go farther, i want to take an opportunity to publicly acknowledge a group of people that i think sometimes do not get think enough. over the last few days, depending on how you read what you have read, some people have been bashed a little bit over the last few days. those are the people who work in consolation for the past few years. i call most...
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thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. host: an election is coming up scheduled for january. it will give the south of sudan and opportunity to have some independence. guest: the referendum will be held in early january. january 9. we have done arrangements to get the voting materials in place. there have been in many different roadblocks. they have been fighting over the composition -- , composition of the commission. people are fighting over the selection of who will be over the commission's. a chairman was selected. now they have selected the secretary of general after an impasse for preparing the referendum. there have been delays. host: npr reported that after years of on and off civil war between sudan, they will vote if it should become an independent nation. no one is sure what independence will look like. after nearly half a century of course, they are expected to vote. -- century of wars, they are expected to vote. guest: they have been enslaved by the north and marginalized. i think the people of southern sudan
thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. host: an election is coming up scheduled for january. it will give the south of sudan and opportunity to have some independence. guest: the referendum will be held in early january. january 9. we have done arrangements to get the voting materials in place. there have been in many different roadblocks. they have been fighting over the composition -- , composition of the commission. people are fighting over the selection of who will be over...
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opium use was rampant. a lot of the miracles in the bible, people are tested, people being on drugs. and for 2,000, 4,000 years we've been trying to eradicate drugs. but everybody out there is on something. if it's not vike den it's xanax. this drug rf free america is a bunch of crap. and the part you read about how well the program is working, that stole my thunder because i say, let's keep doing it like it is, it's working so well. host: to the republican line now where david is on the line from talssy, the state capital in florida. caller: good morning. i have two comments to make. one is how the government literally pumped tons of cocaine into compton in the 1980s to start the jeno side across the united states. and they have a blind eye to that but yet they're going to prosecute people for marijuana. the second comment is that when the mad cow disease happened up in canada, that literally wiped out all their economy and you're talking about not the state going bankrupt but the whole country going bankr
opium use was rampant. a lot of the miracles in the bible, people are tested, people being on drugs. and for 2,000, 4,000 years we've been trying to eradicate drugs. but everybody out there is on something. if it's not vike den it's xanax. this drug rf free america is a bunch of crap. and the part you read about how well the program is working, that stole my thunder because i say, let's keep doing it like it is, it's working so well. host: to the republican line now where david is on the line...
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tweet us. not sure how you say it. we used to call it twittering and then a high school kid said it's tweet. made me seem like, never mind, what it made me seem like, but any way you have people on television saying, you know, tweet us, tell us your opinion and we'll put it on the air and tweeting is like this 25 words or less or something. what is? it 140/ings or less? that sounds like a news line-up so tweet us and we'll put it on the air. why do i want to watch tell vision to find out what viewers are saying about things going on in the world? i want to find out what the professional journalisms are saying. i want to be informed if i want to go talk to my neighbor, all i have to do is walk down the hall. or they're saying send us your e-mails if they were saying give us a tip about some important story that you're aware of and we'll check it out, i would have no problem about that, but if they're saying, we're going to put you on the air with whatever madness is off the top of your head, i have all kinds of problems
tweet us. not sure how you say it. we used to call it twittering and then a high school kid said it's tweet. made me seem like, never mind, what it made me seem like, but any way you have people on television saying, you know, tweet us, tell us your opinion and we'll put it on the air and tweeting is like this 25 words or less or something. what is? it 140/ings or less? that sounds like a news line-up so tweet us and we'll put it on the air. why do i want to watch tell vision to find out what...